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CHA RLES c. PURINeroN AND JAMES 'PURINGTON or' BATH, MAINE.

l Letters Patent No. 70,118, dated ctober 22, 1867.

IMrEoVED' WASHING MACHINE'.

.ro ALEA PERSONS To WHOM THESE .PRESENTS MAY COME;

Be it known that we, CHARLES C. PURlNeToN, and JAMES PURING'roN, of Bath, in the county ot Sagadahok, and State of Maine, have invented an Improved Washing Machine; Vand do hereby declare th'e'sa'me t-o be fully described inthe following specification, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of` which- Figure 1 is a top view,

Figure 2 a longitudinal section, and

Figure 3 a transverse section-of a washing machine provided with our invention.

1n such drawings, A denotes a. rectangular tub, provided with a series of rollers, 1.a a, &c., extending transversely across and within it, andarranged with their axes in an inclined plane. A reciprocating dashcr, B, is employed, it consisting of a series of rollers, b b b, dto., and a frame, c, for supporting'them., such frame being affixed to another frame composed of two levers d UZ, and three cross-ties e, e, andj', the whole being arranged as represented. The two levers d OZ are jointed to two slide-bars yg, each of which is arranged between two i parallel guides There is a WheeL'c, applied to the rear part of each slide-bar, and so that the periphery of the said wheel shall bear on the upper edge of the lower of the two rails z Another such wheel Eis arranged within eachof the upper rails, sothatthe periphery of such wheel may rest on the upper edge of the slide-bar directly underneath such rail. The slide-bars, the two sets of rails, and the friction-wheels applied to the bars and upper rails, as set forth, serve. tofsteady and guide the ldasher during reciprocating movements, which may be imparted to it by laying hold of ther-ear connection-bar or handle of such dasher, and moving the flasher ou its rollers to and fro over the series of rollers of the tub. The abovefdescribed means of steadying and guiding th'e dasher will enable a person, while moving it as explained, to bear it down with'any proper pressure upon the clothes, when between its rollers and those of the tub. The machine thus made, wel have found to be very eilcient for the purpose for which it is intended.

The operation of washingclothes or other articles with; the machine will be readily understood by persons accustomed to the use of washing machines. i

We claim the combination as well as the arrangement of the guide-bars gg, the two sets of rails, and their wheels, with the tub, its series of rollers, and the-dasher and its rollers, the whole being substantially as specified.

CHARLES C. PURINGTON, JAMES PURINGTON.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, G. H.ANDREWS. 

